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CLAT 2021 21 Year Experienced Team

along with India, Norway, Kenya, Ireland and Mexico joined as non-permanent members in the Council.
f Indian-American Bhavya Lal was appointed by NASA as the Acting Chief of Staff of the US space agency.
She served as a member of the Biden Presidential Transition Agency Review Team for the agency and
oversaw the agency's transition under the administration of President Joe Biden.
f In Myanmar, a military coup was put in place on 1st February 2021, after the country's military detained
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi along with President Win Myint and other members of the ruling party.
Myanmar military (also known as the Tatmadaw), took this step because they declared the November
2020 Myanmar general election results fraudulent, in which Aung San Suu Kyi won a landslide victory in
Parliamentary election 2020 to form next Government.
f The ruling Community Party of Vietnam has reelected its 76-year-old General Secretary Nguyen Phu
Trong for a third five-year term. He is serving the post since 2011. Trong was granted an exemption to
contest in the election, though he was above the age limit of 65. The General Secretary is the highest
office within the Communist Party of Vietnam. Trong also holds the position of the President of Vietnam
since 2018.

f The Government of Denmark has approved a project to build the world's first energy island, in the North
Sea that will produce and store enough green energy to meet the electricity needs of three million
households in European countries. The hub will strengthen the integration of Europe's power grids and
increase renewable electricity production necessary for a climate-neutral Europe.
f President Moon Jae-in-led, South Korea Government has approved a plan to build the world's largest wind
power plant in the country by 2030. Currently, the world's largest offshore wind farm is Hornsea 1 in
Britain, which has 1.12 GW capacity. The project will help to foster an environmentally-friendly recovery
from the COVID-19 pandemic and fasten the step to achieve the target of becoming carbon neutral by
2050.
f The 14th International Children's Film Festival of Bangladesh (ICFFB) came to an end in Dhaka. A total of
12 awards were presented to the winners at the concluding ceremony. Dutch Film Jackie and Oopjen were
awarded the Best International Feature Film Award. Bangladeshi film Maati got The Young Talent Award
while Lottery won the Special mention under the Young Talent Award.
f The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has put a probe called Hope in the orbit around the MARS. UAE has
become the fifth country to launch the spacecraft into the orbit of MARS after United States, Soviet Union,
Europe and India. With the successful launch of spacecraft in orbit, UAE scientists can now study the
planet's atmosphere.
f The Pakistan Army conducted a successful testfiring of a short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile
'Babar' on February 11, 2021. This test was the third missile test carried out over the past three weeks.
f The former European Central Bank Chief Mario Draghi has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Italy
on 12 February 2021.
f The United States has extended the “New START” nuclear disarmament treaty with Russia for a period of
five years. The New START, which stands for Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, is a nuclear arms reduction
treaty between the United States and the Russian Federation.
f The People's Republic of China has overtaken the United States (US) as the biggest trading partner of the
European Union (EU) in 2020, according to the data by the European Union statistics agency, Eurostat.
Britain, which left the European Union in 2020, was the third-largest trading partner for the bloc, behind
China and the United States.

f The first day of the spring called 'Pahela Phagun' was celebrated in Dhaka, Bangladesh despite the

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